62: re:imagine ATL

By Digital Good Times

Twitter brings its go-live Periscope button to everyone
Engadget - Jon Fingas
Livestreaming your adventures is just a tap away on Android or iOS. Want to livestream for your Twitter audience? You don't have to switch apps to get started. As promised, Twitter's Periscope button now
Dating app Bumble now lets you swipe based on Spotify taste
Mashable - Emily Blake
Imagine this: You've just spent a month of your valuable time dating someone you think you really like. Then you discover that their favorite band is …
Virtual Reality
Sony discusses its virtual reality play in a market full of like-minded headsets
TechCrunch - Brian Heater
Between Oculus, HTC, Samsung and a slew of smaller hardware manufacturers, 2016 is the year that VR presence played out like a hockey stick graph at E3. To say it’s the story of the show is to greatly
76 million self-driving cars expected on world's roads by 2035
ReadWrite - Donal Power
Fleets of autonomous vehicles are coming to roads near you sooner than ever, thanks to strong US and Chinese interest, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Auto Remarketing discussed the results of a recent study
Real Estate
Hoodline launches Neighborhood Kits that package local news and data for real estate agents
TechCrunch - Anthony Ha
After building out an editorial team focused on using data to cover San Francisco’s neighborhood news, Hoodline CEO Andrew Dudley said the startup has begun to explore new ways to make money. Not that
App Store
Pinterest nabs Fleksy's team to improve its digital scrapbook
Engadget - Andrew Dalton
The award-winning keyboard developers will shift their focus to visual search. When it launched in July 2012 as an app designed to help blind users type via muscle memory, Fleksy was one of the first to
Fender's Mod Shop lets you customize a new guitar on the web
Engadget - Billy Steele
It's like Moto Maker or Nike iD, but for 6-strings and basses. Typically, ordering a custom guitar not only means spending more money, but it usually means an extended wait as well. Fender has a solution
This new condom is so strong we couldn't rip it with a needle
Mashable - Leah Fessler
We rely on tech products daily, and expect constant evolution. Without improved effectiveness and user experience, tech innovations quickly become …
Binge-watch Hulu in virtual reality thanks to new Oculus Rift support
Mashable - Adario Strange
Watching Hulu in virtual reality got a lot easier on Wednesday after the company announced its VR app would support the Oculus Rift. After a delayed …
Primates
Researchers have engineered monkeys with Parkinson's disease
Engadget - Andrew Dalton
It's a controversial use of genetic engineering that could lead to major breakthroughs. Scientists in Japan have successfully bred a set of genetically modified marmosets with Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's
Sony Music
Music Industry and Technology Leaders Join Leading Academic Institutions to Launch Open Music Initiative to Resolve Longstanding
berklee.edu - ndavis2
Berklee’s Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship (BerkleeICE) announced today a groundbreaking initiative called the Open Music Initiative (OMI) to …